Nga Kor Ming

Nga Kor Ming was born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia,[http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1807078/ 倪可敏：心痛发展严重落后．-“重振火箭收服丹州”]{{Cite news

| author = Tan Sze Ming

| title = Malaysian Representatives alpha : Nga Kor Ming

| publisher = #MyMP UndiMsia! Sinar Project

| date = Dec 6, 2012

| url = https://reps.sinarproject.org/mp/nga-kor-ming

| access-date = 15 November 2017}} His family origin was of Fuzhou origin (his mother was from Kelantan) and stayed at Ayer Tawar when they came to Malaya. He and his family are Methodists{{citation needed|date=August 2011}} and he was christened to David by the late Rev. Koh Gie Bing. His wife is also from Ayer Tawar; they have three children.

Nga Kor Ming received a Bachelor of Laws from Universiti Malaya. Before his appointment to the Perak executive council, he practised as a lawyer in Ayer Tawar and also in Ipoh, Perak.

In 2007, he was recognised as one of Ten Outstanding Young Malaysians by the International Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the category of 'Politics and Government'. This award was notable as it rarely goes to opposition politicians.{{cite web |url=http://www.ngakorming.com/en/about/ |title= Nga kor Ming - About |author= |website=www.ngakorming.com |access-date=30 March 2014}}

Nga made his election debut and had been Perak State Assemblyman for Pantai Remis for three terms since the 1999, 2004 and 2008 General Elections. He became Member of Parliament for Taiping, Perak after defeating President of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), M. Kayveas with a majority of 11,298 votes in the 2008 General Election too on 8 March 2008. In 2008, with the formation of the Perak government by the coalition of DAP, PKR and PAS (known as Pakatan Rakyat) (PR), Nga was appointed to the state executive committee, with the portfolios of Education, Local Government, Housing and Public Transport. Perak had previously been ruled continuously by the Barisan Nasional (BN) (or its predecessor the Alliance) since the independence of Malaya (later Malaysia) in 1957. In the 2013 General Election, he was reelected in the Taiping parliamentary seat and won the Perak state seat of Kepayang too. In the 2018 General Election, he won the Parliament for the seat of Teluk Intan by defeating the incumbent, Mah Siew Keong of BN and the Perak state seat of Aulong concurrently.

In 2011, Nga Kor Ming used the term "metallic black" to describe Menteri Besar of Perak Zambry Abdul Kadir, during political rallies in Kamunting. Nga Kor Ming apologised for his Anti-Indian racist remarks for calling Zambry a "metallic black person". It was obvious that he was referring to Dr Zambry's skin colour of the Indians when he uttered the phrase in various speeches as seen in YouTube, which he subsequently denied.{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/30/nation/20111130131941&sec=nation|title=Nga says sorry over metallic black jibe|work=The Star (Malaysia)|access-date=30 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201064148/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fnation%2F20111130131941&sec=nation|archive-date=1 December 2011|df=dmy-all}}

The apology was accepted by DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, however, it is believed that no disciplinary action was taken although DAP was known as a multi-racial party and its leaders were not known to pass racist remarks against any community or race until the racial slur by Nga Kor Ming.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/226576|title=Racial slur against Zambry uncalled for: Karpal|publisher=The Sunday Daily|access-date=1 December 2011}}

In 2012, Nga Kor Ming sued blogger sekupangdua, whose true identity is Ahmad Sofian Yahya at Ipoh High Court for exemplary damages, aggravated damages and an order of injunction against further publication of defamatory words.{{cite web|url=http://www.ngakorming.com/en/2012/01/nga-filed-rm10-million-libel-suit-against-pro-umnos-blogger-at-ipoh-high-court%E2%80%8F-4/|title=Nga filed RM10 million Libel suit against pro-umno's Blogger at Ipoh High Court|publisher=Nga Kor Ming's Blog|access-date=3 January 2012}}

It has been revealed that his wife's company was previously awarded the contract to make lounge suits for the councillors of Ipoh City Council (MBI) when Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was ruling Perak.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

DAP Perak stresses that MBI's award of tailoring contract was done by the council's tender board by way of open tender, it is claimed that Nga did not interfere in the committee overlooking the open tender process. The subject matter is a contract for 24 lounge suit for MBI councillors at the price of RM650 each and a total price of RM14,400.00.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

Nga's wife's company, which submitted a bid for RM650 per suit, predictably ended up being awarded the job sometime in 2008. The open tender involved 4 other tailor companies and Nga's wife's company Ethan and Elton was awarded the contract despite being the most expensive at RM650, the lowest bidder Goodman Tailor having tendered for RM450.{{cite web|url=http://stopthelies.my/?p=772|title=Tailored for Abuse of Power|publisher=Stop The Lies|access-date=21 December 2011}}

The DAP disciplinary committee cleared Nga of any power abuse in the awarding of a lounge suit contract to his wife's company.{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-clear-nga-of-lounge-suit-corruption-accusations|title=DAP clear Nga of 'lounge-suit' corruption accusations|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217210252/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-clear-nga-of-lounge-suit-corruption-accusations|archive-date=17 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}

In May 2018, Nga Kor Ming’s action of ridiculing Mahathir Mohamad by touching on the issue of his mortality, has been deemed rude, uncouth, extreme and disgusting, and runs contrary to the customs and norms of the people of Malaysia.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-08 |title=Rude, uncouth, disgusting: Nga slammed for Dr M 'death' remarks |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/05/367310/rude-uncouth-disgusting-nga-slammed-dr-m-death-remarks}}

In 2019, the naming of a new three-storey building of SJK (C) Sin Min, a Chinese primary school in Simpang, Perak, after Nga has raised a controversy.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/29/taiping-folk-baffled-over-decision/|title=Taiping folk baffled over decision|date=22 May 2019|author= Manjit Kaur|work=The Star |access-date=14 July 2019}} The 3D Chinese characters for 'Nga Kor Ming Building' affixed on the new block to honour Nga for helping to secure a RM220,000 government grant for the school, was questioned and condemned by certain quarters.{{cite news |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/chinese-primary-school-s-name-raises-controversy-FE897421|title=Chinese primary school's name raises controversy|date=22 May 2019|author=Kong See Hoh|work=The Sun Daily |access-date=14 July 2019}} Nga dismissed criticism over the polemic and pointed out it was the school board's decision to pick his name and he did not make a request nor give instruction for the school to do so.{{cite news |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/477809|title=Nga dismisses criticism over new school block named after him|date=29 May 2019|work=Malaysiakini|access-date=14 July 2019}}

On 27 October 2022 in Johor, Nga Kor Ming sparked another controversy in which he publicly claimed that Malaysians would be forced to wake up so early to work in Singapore and come home late at night if Barisan Nasional wins the election. He further stated that if Pakatan Harapan wins the general election, Singaporeans will flock to Malaysia as foreign labourers not the other way round.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/641442|title=Nga: Harapan can mend economy, S'poreans will come to M'sia for work|publisher= Malaysia Kini |access-date=5 Nov 2022}}{{cite news |last=Daud |first=Sulaiman |date=2022-11-01 |title='No offence', says M'sian politician who claimed S'poreans would find jobs in M'sia if opposition wins election |work=Mothership |publisher= |url=https://mothership.sg/2022/11/nga-kor-ming-no-offence/ |access-date=5 Nov 2022}}

Following that statement, he had clarification that he did not wish to offend anyone with his remarks and he claimed that the opposition had taken his comments out of context and he meant that Malaysia should maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with Singapore.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/641868 |title=Nga clarifies statement, says no intention to offend Singaporeans|publisher= Malaysia Kini |access-date=5 Nov 2022}}

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